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Tue, 03 Mar 2015 19:45:15 +0000en-UShourly1One-Third Of Women in STEM Said They Felt Isolated at Work. Here’s How We’re Helping.http://blogs.cisco.com/csr/one-third-of-women-in-stem-said-they-felt-isolated-at-work-heres-how-were-helping
http://blogs.cisco.com/csr/one-third-of-women-in-stem-said-they-felt-isolated-at-work-heres-how-were-helping#commentsTue, 04 Mar 2014 21:26:31 +0000http://blogs.cisco.com/?p=138374Huffington Post . When people ask why we should encourage women and girls to pursue technology education, I tell them about Soso Luningo. Soso grew up in one of South Africa’s poorest provinces, a rural village where lack of economic opportunity is the norm. A fraction of the country’s 9000 high schools offer information and communications technology (ICT) as a subject, even though it provides strong career prospects. Unemployment in South Africa is 25 percent, [...]]]>http://blogs.cisco.com/csr/one-third-of-women-in-stem-said-they-felt-isolated-at-work-heres-how-were-helping/feed03 Ways The Internet of Everything Is Improving Our Worldhttp://blogs.cisco.com/csr/3-ways-the-internet-of-everything-is-improving-our-world
http://blogs.cisco.com/csr/3-ways-the-internet-of-everything-is-improving-our-world#commentsWed, 09 Oct 2013 18:57:35 +0000http://blogs.cisco.com/?p=128442Huffington Post . Every day, we’re bombarded with seemingly unsolvable issues — health care crises, struggling schools, poverty, and climate change are just a few. These issues may at first seem too big for any of us to solve. But in today’s technology-driven world, we actually have more power than ever. The growth and convergence of people, process, data, and things on the Internet — the Internet of Everything — is making networked connections more valuable [...]]]>http://blogs.cisco.com/csr/3-ways-the-internet-of-everything-is-improving-our-world/feed0Calling All Companies: Military Veterans Bring Dedication, Motivation, and Leadershiphttp://blogs.cisco.com/csr/calling-all-companies-military-veterans-bring-dedication-motivation-and-leadership
http://blogs.cisco.com/csr/calling-all-companies-military-veterans-bring-dedication-motivation-and-leadership#commentsMon, 06 May 2013 16:27:08 +0000http://blogs.cisco.com/?p=112477Huffington Post . This week I had the privilege of attending an event at the White House where the First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, and John Chambers, Chairman and CEO of Cisco, unveiled a new program to give returning military service members a fast track to the training and certifications needed for high-demand IT jobs. Through the IT Training and Certification Program , transitioning military personnel with prior IT experience are being given access to IT training, [...]]]>http://blogs.cisco.com/csr/calling-all-companies-military-veterans-bring-dedication-motivation-and-leadership/feed0Shared Value: Amplifying the Success of a Business and Its Communityhttp://blogs.cisco.com/csr/shared-value-amplifying-the-success-of-a-business-and-its-community
http://blogs.cisco.com/csr/shared-value-amplifying-the-success-of-a-business-and-its-community#commentsFri, 15 Mar 2013 17:53:15 +0000http://blogs.cisco.com/?p=105976Huffington Post ImpactX The term “shared value” was introduced in 2010 by Michael Porter and Mark Kramer, co-founders of FSG, a nonprofit consulting firm specializing in strategy, evaluation, and research. But what does it mean? Simply put, it is the concept that a company can enhance its own competitiveness while simultaneously alleviating social problems in the communities where it operates. According to Porter and Kramer, one way in which companies can create shared value opportunities is [...]]]>http://blogs.cisco.com/csr/shared-value-amplifying-the-success-of-a-business-and-its-community/feed0